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  1. 19th September 2007, 11:07 PM #1
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    Default an Ebay story worth remembering.

    It's all about a bottle of beer.
    first guy sold it here
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270132264843

    the buyer of it, corrected the spelling, added in a description worthy of the item, and well, turned it straight around and sold it here
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260145824374

    SPEW!

    I am not sure exactly how that first guy goes on breathing... I think that would have been the end of me.


    EDIT- here is a little article about it
    http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/10/eba...s-man-500-000/

    and just thought about it- the other guy who must be kicking himself is the only OTHER bidder in the first sale who only bidded a $300 maximum.
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  3. 19th September 2007, 11:44 PM #2
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    That leaves me speechless, by your blurb I expected he made a few thousand on it but 500,000 American dollars, that is beyond belief.
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  4. 20th September 2007, 12:23 AM #3
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    it is a bit beyond belief.
    I don't think the actual second sale has gone through yet...
    we'll soon see if it is a hoax or not.

    at least the first buyer left some nice feedback to the first seller

    "STELLAR bottle! Rarest bottle ever sold on E-Bay...BAR NONE! EXC SELLER! EXC!!!"
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  5. 20th September 2007, 12:30 AM #4
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    and found the other side...

    the first seller's feedback to the first (lucky) buyer

    "very professional buyer.pleasure to do business with.highly recommend"

    very professional- and pleasurable!
    yes I am sure he was- I would be too as I tried to contain my gleefull maniacal laughter and greedy palm rubbing
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  6. 20th September 2007, 12:47 AM #5
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    a nice profit to have made
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  7. 20th September 2007, 06:52 AM #6
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    To quote Joni Mitchell

    "Dont it always seem to go, that you dont know what you got till its gone"
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    "We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer

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